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Poems and Ballads (First Series)

by: Algernon Charles Swinburne

Publication date: 2025-02-20
Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Topics: librivox, audiobooks,
Language: English
Item Size: 1.4G

LibriVox recording of Poems and Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Read in English by Kazbek.

Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems are written in sonorous, formally inventive, and occasionally abstruse verse with many dramatic elements. The risqué subject matter and lurid imagery found in some of the poems aroused considerable controversy at the time, prompting one critic to denounce the author as an "unclean fiery imp from the pit". (Summary by Kazbek)

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Addeddate: 2025-02-20 18:01:09
Call number: 16663
Collection_added: audio_bookspoetry
Identifier: poemsballads_2502_librivox
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Run time: 08:43:01

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41.8M

00 - DEDICATORY EPISTLE

5.1M

01 - A Ballad of Life

7.1M

02 - A Ballad of Death

31.0M

03 - Laus Veneris

13.0M

24.7M

05 - The Triumph of Time

5.2M

06 - Les Noyades

3.1M

07 - A Leave-Taking

3.5M

08 - Itylus

21.0M

11.8M

10 - Hymn to Proserpine

8.2M

11 - Ilicet

4.1M

12 - Hermaphroditus

3.5M

13 - Fragoletta

1.5M

14 - Rondel

3.8M

15 - Satia te Sanguine

6.1M

6.0M

17 - A Lamentation

1.8M

18 - Anima Anceps

3.7M

19 - In the Orchard

2.1M

7.1M

1.1M

1.2M

23 - Song before Death

3.8M

24 - Rococo

1.4M

25 - Stage Love

7.8M

5.1M

27 - A Ballad of Burdens

1,022.9K

28 - Rondel

3.4M

29 - Before the Mirror

3.4M

2.3M

31 - In Memory of Walter Savage Landor

3.1M

32 - A Song in Time of Order. 1852

4.5M

33 - A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860

10.1M

34 - To Victor Hugo

3.8M

35 - Before Dawn

23.1M

4.7M

37 - The Garden of Proserpine

9.3M

1.8M

39 - Love at Sea

2.9M

40 - April

2.4M

41 - Before Parting

2.7M

42 - The Sundew

15.7M

3.0M

44 - An Interlude

2.8M

45 - Hendecasyllabics

5.0M

14.0M

47 - At Eleusis

3.6M

48 - August

3.5M

49 - A Christmas Carol

23.2M

50 - The Masque of Queen Bersabe

29.3M

51 - St. Dorothy

27.9M

52 - The Two Dreams

7.6M

1.2M

54 - Love and Sleep

3.3M

55 - Madonna Mia

2.9M

56 - The King's Daughter

2.6M

57 - After Death

1.9M

5.0M

59 - The Bloody Son

3.7M

60 - The Sea-Swallows

2.5M

61 - The Year of Love

6.0M

62 - Dedication, 1865

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20.9M

00 - DEDICATORY EPISTLE

2.5M

01 - A Ballad of Life

3.5M

02 - A Ballad of Death

15.5M

03 - Laus Veneris

6.5M

12.4M

05 - The Triumph of Time

2.6M

06 - Les Noyades

1.5M

07 - A Leave-Taking

1.8M

08 - Itylus

10.5M

5.9M

10 - Hymn to Proserpine

4.1M

11 - Ilicet

2.1M

12 - Hermaphroditus

1.7M

13 - Fragoletta

774.4K

14 - Rondel

1.9M

15 - Satia te Sanguine

3.1M

3.0M

17 - A Lamentation

915.4K

18 - Anima Anceps

1.8M

19 - In the Orchard

1.1M

3.5M

560.2K

623.5K

23 - Song before Death

1.9M

24 - Rococo

726.9K

25 - Stage Love

3.9M

2.6M

27 - A Ballad of Burdens

511.3K

28 - Rondel

1.7M

29 - Before the Mirror

1.7M

1.2M

31 - In Memory of Walter Savage Landor

1.6M

32 - A Song in Time of Order. 1852

2.2M

33 - A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860

5.1M

34 - To Victor Hugo

1.9M

35 - Before Dawn

11.5M

2.4M

37 - The Garden of Proserpine

4.6M

938.9K

39 - Love at Sea

1.5M

40 - April

1.2M

41 - Before Parting

1.3M

42 - The Sundew

7.8M

1.5M

44 - An Interlude

1.4M

45 - Hendecasyllabics

2.5M

7.0M

47 - At Eleusis

1.8M

48 - August

1.8M

49 - A Christmas Carol

11.6M

50 - The Masque of Queen Bersabe

14.6M

51 - St. Dorothy

14.0M

52 - The Two Dreams

3.8M

625.3K

54 - Love and Sleep

1.7M

55 - Madonna Mia

1.4M

56 - The King's Daughter

1.3M

57 - After Death

977.7K

2.5M

59 - The Bloody Son

1.9M

60 - The Sea-Swallows

1.3M

61 - The Year of Love

3.0M

62 - Dedication, 1865

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43.2M

00 - DEDICATORY EPISTLE

4.9M

01 - A Ballad of Life

6.8M

02 - A Ballad of Death

30.5M

03 - Laus Veneris

13.0M

25.1M

05 - The Triumph of Time

4.9M

06 - Les Noyades

2.9M

07 - A Leave-Taking

3.3M

08 - Itylus

19.6M

10.9M

10 - Hymn to Proserpine

7.9M

11 - Ilicet

3.9M

12 - Hermaphroditus

3.3M

13 - Fragoletta

1.4M

14 - Rondel

3.7M

15 - Satia te Sanguine

5.9M

5.7M

17 - A Lamentation

1.7M

18 - Anima Anceps

3.4M

19 - In the Orchard

2.1M

6.7M

1.0M

1.1M

23 - Song before Death

3.5M

24 - Rococo

1.4M

25 - Stage Love

7.3M

5.0M

27 - A Ballad of Burdens

985.6K

28 - Rondel

3.3M

29 - Before the Mirror

3.3M

2.2M

31 - In Memory of Walter Savage Landor

3.0M

32 - A Song in Time of Order. 1852

4.3M

33 - A Song in Time of Revolution. 1860

9.8M

34 - To Victor Hugo

3.6M

35 - Before Dawn

22.0M

4.5M

37 - The Garden of Proserpine

8.9M

1.8M

39 - Love at Sea

2.9M

40 - April

2.3M

41 - Before Parting

2.5M

42 - The Sundew

15.0M

2.9M

44 - An Interlude

2.7M

45 - Hendecasyllabics

4.9M

13.7M

47 - At Eleusis

3.4M

48 - August

3.4M

49 - A Christmas Carol

22.2M

50 - The Masque of Queen Bersabe

28.3M

51 - St. Dorothy

26.7M

52 - The Two Dreams

7.5M

1.2M

54 - Love and Sleep

3.2M

55 - Madonna Mia

2.7M

56 - The King's Daughter

2.6M

57 - After Death

1.9M

4.6M

59 - The Bloody Son

3.6M

60 - The Sea-Swallows

2.4M

61 - The Year of Love

5.8M

62 - Dedication, 1865

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